Can A Christian Be possessed By A Demon?

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on fire but was not consumed. 3 So Moses thought: I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from the bush, “Moses, Moses!”“Here I am,” he answered.5 “Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

When God touched the ground, there was a radius around the bush that became holy or separated from the rest of the ground. Anything that God touches becomes like Him, holy. When Moses saw the burning bush and heard the voice of God calling him, he was immediately warned not to step on the ground that was made holy by God’s presence. Moses was instructed to take off his sandals which carried dirt that wasn’t made holy and it was prohibited from mixing it in with the rest that was under God.

Insight: Holy

Holy means to be set apart for God’s use and it also refers to being made clean by having our sins forgiven in Christ Jesus. God must clean us up first before we can become effective

When the Holy Spirit indwells a believer, the inner man is made holy because of God’s presence in his soul. That is made evident in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 which says, 16 Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s sanctuary, God will destroy him; for God’s sanctuary is holy, and that is what you are.

Anything unauthorized or unclean (evil spirits/demons), cannot take residence within us, where we have been made holy due to the Holy Spirit’s presence in our hearts.

To say it plainly, no demonic spirit can possess a believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

Interesting that you bring up the topic of demonic oppression, Don. Someone had told me a while back I needed to read up on this subject and blog about it. At first I admit I doubted the suggestion. But yesterday, I finished reading a second book related to this and the reality of the oppression believers face as it relates to Ephesians 6 was made quite clear. We all have much to learn about how to keep our Armor secure and our Sword and Shield of Faith at the ready!

Today, I quite spontaneously recorded a podcast to help encourage the body of Christ…it’s not perfect but felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to speak Blessings over The Body of Christ.

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Salvation

If you do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ, I encourage you today to do so. Repent and believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and took your punishment upon Himself, was buried and on the third day rose from the grave. If you give your life to Jesus by faith in His sacrifice, He will give you eternal life.

Some religions like Mormonism, Islam, and Catholicism, all claim that they have received new revelation.

A message to all believers in Christ Jesus

The desire of my heart is to reveal Satan’s tactics and how one can overcome his schemes. I want to encourage you to fight the good fight of faith. Putting on the full armor of God, by way of reading the Word of God and praying every day so that you may be strengthened and be transformed into the image of Christ for good works.

-SpaniardVIII

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A Brief Background

I grew up in a family that to this day still does Santeria (the raw form of Witchcraft). Jesus saved me from becoming one even though I participated as a young child under my mother's authority. As a child, I used to see literally, demons walking in my house and it used to scare the heck out of me. I would write down more of my experience but it would be too long. The desire in my heart is to reveal Satan's tactics and how one can overcome his schemes. I want to encourage you to fight the good fight of faith. Putting on the full armor of God by way of reading the Bible and praying every day so that you may be transformed into the image of Christ for good works. If you haven't made Jesus your Lord and Savior, I pray that you do because there is no other way to make it to heaven as seen in John 14:6 which says, "Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" If you believe that He died for your sins and on the third day He rose from the grave you will be saved. Ask Jesus today, to forgive you of all of your sins and to save you and He will.